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My only wish at this point is the GPZ7000 Version 2. As light as the GPX6000, and with a switch to go into VLF discrimination. That's all I want for Christmas. I'm not holding my breath. I've used the GPX6000, great light weight machine, very simple to use. Nice features, certainly superior to the GPX5000 in my opinion. But I have a love affair with my GPZ7000 and as long as I can swing it, that's what I will be using. I've always maintained that you have to use the machine that you have confidence in. Take someone who has confidence in their Gold Monster vs. someone who has not spent the time learning their GPZ7000 and is constantly monkeying around with settings. The confident Gold Monster user is going to bring home the goodies. Doc

Dear GotAU Thank you for the great pictures. I am very happy with the design. Here are complete instructions, giving several different techniques for use. Every time I use it I am finding there are new things the scoop is capable of doing depending upon how and where you tap it. Kevin Hoagland from GPAA has been using it in water and says it's crazy good how efficient it is for sampling. Doc

If it doesn't work for gold, as heavy as it is, I will have to rebrand it as a Osmium Isolator Scoop. Doc

Guys, you might have a better understanding of this technology if you watch my YouTube videos on the Gold Spot scoop. This isn't some hallucination I had when I invented this. It took hundreds of hours to perfect this technology. Please realize this was done slowly so you can see exactly how that nugget reacts. When you agitate the scoop it drops into the recessed channel. Once you get confident with the scoop, the process is really fast because you know you can pull excess dirt out of the scoop and feel safe in knowing that the gold is in the channel. In addition when you pull the dirt out you pull it across the riffles which is a second safeguard to keep that nugget in the scoop. Doc

Until you have used the scoop and understand how it works, you won't get the concept. Once you have used it and gain confidence that by agitating the scoop, whether it be the GOLD Spot Scoop or the new GOLD Pit, the gold is either going to be in the recessed channel, or in the pit. The way you gain confidence is to agitate the scoop, pull the excess dirt off the top, and right on to the top of your coil, so you can make sure you are not losing anything. Do that 20 times and you will have confidence that any gold is either in the recessed channel or the PIT and all that over burden is just that. It's a burden and a waste of time. Doc

I haven't experienced any shipping situation where I have to collect duties up front to Australia. That is happening primarily in the EU countries and it's a nightmare. I will only accept orders from EU countries through Ebay because they already have everything set up to collect the tax and submit it to the country, and I don't have to jump through all of the hoops. Doc

Well I did square off the very front of the scoop, just not as drastically as you have shown. I have seen the scoops out there that are all angular, that is about the only feature they have going for them. I was talking to Kevin Hoagland yesterday. He told me he doesn't even bother trying to isolate small gold he just takes the scoop that has the target in it and dumps it in a bag and takes it home and pans it out. I wonder with really small gold if carrying a battery operated dust buster would work to vacuum the bedrock and then dump it in a container for panning.

The Gold Monster scoop? What is that? The little plastic scoop that comes free with the Gold Monster that you can use to plant tulips? The one where small rocks get caught between the handle which protrudes into the bowl of the scoop and the side wall of the scoop? Not trying to be funny, is that scoop you're talking about? Doc

Hey, I invented the darn thing and sometimes I have the same issue. You can always tell where I've been detecting for gold because the countryside is littered with scoops. Dang, this one doesn't work and I toss it. I keep a case of them in my truck, I know one of them has to work right. I'll find that bugger if it's the last thing I do. 😉 Doc

Phrunt, I absolutely agree. It's absolutely obscene what they charge to ship and you know with gas it's going to get worse. I have two suggestions. Get friends to go in with you and order more than 1. The Gold Spot scoop for example, you can order two and pay almost the same amount for shipping. I think you might even be able to get three pretty reasonably. The other suggestions is, Finders Keepers in Kalgoorie carries a few of my items. GPX6000 covers, the Gold Spot scoop etc. Because they order a box full at a time his per unit cost for shipping is much less than sending one. Hope that helps. Doc

Thanks for playing. Doc

Tboykin, Good news is you're right, bad news is you got beat out by Sevastras who answered earlier than you. Send me your address and maybe I'll send you a runner up prize. Doc

CONGRATULATIONS SEVASTRAS! The New Gold Pit™ Scoop will be available soon! Sevastras, please message me with your address. Doc Instruct Sell Sheet.pdf

***** CONTEST ENDED ***** What the Heck is That? Well it is one of my new inventions that is in production right now and this is a small part of the CAD drawing. The first person to guess what it is going to be will win a free one after the production run is delivered. 1 guess per person, 1 prize for the first correct answer. So what do you think it's going to be? Doc

One of my favorite movies is "As Good As It Gets" with Jack Nicholson, and Helen Hunt. Nicholson plays Melvin Udall a very eccentric writer whose books are wildly popular, but Nicholson is an obsessive compulsive quirky neat freak who barely tolerates anyone. So he walks into an office one day and the receptionist recognizes him immediately and tells him she is a big fan and has read all of his books. She then says, can I ask you a question, "How do you write women so well?" He says, "First I think of a man, then I take away all reason and accountability." So in case any of you want to ask me "How do you write like that?" My answer is, "First I think of a great writer, someone like Ernest Hemmingway. Then I take away all literary skills, grammar, punctuation and act like English is a language I can barely speak, let alone write." Doc

I removed the reference. Sorry it was offensive. Doc

Don't misunderstand guys. someone didn't publish this, I did it myself. I thought if a company like Gold Rush Expeditions thought it was good enough to publish in their Christmas magazine I thought maybe it was time for me to put it in book form for posterity. Let's face it, it's not some epic novel. It's just a short feel good Christmas story. I mean it probably reads at the second grade level. 😄 I've never been much on correct punctuation. (Actually I did pay to have it professionally proof read and corrected. Not sure how good a job they did.) I know most of you have read and enjoyed this story over the years. It is still up on my website and you can read it for free. This wasn't a money making project, but as I said many of you have asked if I had it in book form. It would probably make a good Christmas stocking stuffer for your favorite prospector. Doc

All That Glitters, A Prospector's Christmas Story by G.M. "Doc" Lousignont, Ph.D | eBay

I put the listing up on Ebay: All That Glitters, A Prospector's Christmas Story by G.M. "Doc" Lousignont, Ph.D | eBay

It would be perfect for Hallmark but they do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Doc

I'll put it up on my website. I had thought about doing that and I checked into it and it says that they don't accept unsolicited manuscripts. You have to go through an agent and they pitch it, apparently there is a whole process that you have to go through. It appears to be very involved. Doc Doc

I finally did it. 23 years ago I wrote a little Christmas story called "All That Glitters." A Prospector's Christmas Story. During those 23 years I have had scores of people ask me to publish the story into a book so they could pull it out each year and read it. This past Christmas Season I had a company called Gold Rush Expeditions ask for a one time licensing fee to publish the story in their annual end of the year magazine. So, I finally published it into a book. The intro to the book reads: --------------- "Sam Lewis had lost his faith in God, his faith in the criminal justice system and society in general. Now, his wife, Mary, had passed away. Sam felt that without Mary his life was meaningless. Dropping out of society, Sam decided to head for the seclusion of the hills and spend what time he had left working his gold mining claim. Miles away from modern day civilization he found the gold he was looking for. Sam also found something he hadn't counted on; something much more valuable. This wonderful tale is sure to delight adults and children alike. It is a story that will bring a smile to your heart and a tear of joy to your eye." ------------- This is a lite read. Only 63 pages long. 10 Chapters. If you like the ol' Hallmark movies, then you will like this tale. I had that in my head when I wrote it. Something like a Hallmark Christmas movie with Wilford Brimley narrating the story. But Wilford died. Guess I shouldn't have waited so long. Every year around Christmas time I get people calling to buy the book. Well there was no book to buy. But now there is. I don't fashion myself a writer at all, but anyone that knows me will tell you I like telling stories. Merry Christmas about 7 months early. Or 5 months late.

It's almost like I name things to make them memorable. 😄 Did you ever hear of coils called the Joey, the WOT (Wondereful Orange Thing), the UFO? I named all of those. Doc

This may save some of our mates in Australia some time in shipping. Finders Keepers Gold in Kalgoorlie Australia is carrying my GSpot Scoops and also the cover for the GPX6000. Ring them up if you need either of these items. Metal Detectors - Metal Detectors For Sale - Buy Metal Detectors Online (finderskeepersgold.com) Address: 80b Hannan Street KALGOORLIE WA 6430 Phone: (08) 9021 7207 Email: info@finderskeepersgold.com Thank you, Doc

Here's the ones I carry. Doc's Detecting. Bates E03188. 99.95 plus shipping. Great boots. Contact me at Docsdetecting@gmail.com. Any zippered boot that says metal free are NOT METAL FREE! The zipper pull is metal and will set your detector off just like a metal eyelet. Doc